The Rising Prevalence of Chronic Low Back Pain
Author(s) -
Janet K. Freburger,
George M. Holmes,
Robert Agans,
Anne Jackman,
Jane Darter,
Andrea S. Wallace,
Liana D. Castel,
William D. Kalsbeek,
Timothy S. Carey
Publication year - 2009
Publication title -
archives of internal medicine
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 1538-3679
pISSN - 0003-9926
DOI - 10.1001/archinternmed.2008.543
Subject(s) - medicine , confidence interval , low back pain , chronic pain , demography , health care , cross sectional study , behavioral risk factor surveillance system , epidemiology , gerontology , physical therapy , environmental health , population , alternative medicine , pathology , sociology , economic growth , economics
National or state-level estimates on trends in the prevalence of chronic low back pain (LBP) are lacking. The objective of this study was to determine whether the prevalence of chronic LBP and the demographic, health-related, and health care-seeking characteristics of individuals with the condition have changed over the last 14 years.
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